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Posted: July 28, 2005 3:44 pm
by Crazy Navy Flyer
Just wondering...used to be called a preview but why is it now called a trailer?
Posted: July 28, 2005 7:01 pm
by Lightning Bolt
Crazy Navy Flyer wrote:Just wondering...used to be called a preview but why is it now called a trailer?
From a cinema historian:
" Back in the days when most film programmes were presented as double features,
the piece of film advertising a forthcoming attraction was
originally attached by the cinema projectionist
to the end of the reel that contained the B feature or supporting film,
so that it was shown between it and the main feature—
so trailing the supporting film.
These days, as you say, when cinemas usually show just the one feature film, the previews of forthcoming attractions have to be run
before it to ensure a captive audience, so making the name puzzlingly inaccurate.
It’s more of a technological fossil than a linguistic one."
Posted: July 28, 2005 7:03 pm
by Prthd119
and I'd watch anything with Johnny Depp in it anyway...
Posted: July 28, 2005 7:26 pm
by sonofabeach
Just wondering, are the new versions of Oompa Loompas as creepy as the old ones?
Them sum b#tches used to freak me out.
Posted: July 28, 2005 8:00 pm
by Lightning Bolt
sonofabeach wrote:Just wondering, are the new versions of Oompa Loompas as creepy as the old ones?
Them sum b#tches used to freak me out.
I thought the Oompa Loompa(s) was actually pretty damn funny!
When you see it, you'll know what I mean
This is not your childhood Wonka movie, and honestly, I was skeptical going in.
Afterwards, I was pretty well satisfied that I had seen a pretty good movie "re-telling"
Posted: July 28, 2005 8:12 pm
by Lightning Bolt
Prthd119 wrote:and I'd watch anything with Johnny Depp in it anyway...
I thought the movie worked
despite Johnny Depp's Wonka.
...very, very weird.
Posted: July 28, 2005 8:27 pm
by phjrsaunt
It's pronouced "boo-KAY" dear
(FYI, so as not to confuse anyone: this is an allusion to an ENTIRELY different program!)
Posted: July 28, 2005 8:28 pm
by Prthd119
That show cracks me up Auntie....
Posted: July 28, 2005 8:58 pm
by bravedave
Lightning Bolt wrote:Crazy Navy Flyer wrote:Just wondering...used to be called a preview but why is it now called a trailer?
From a cinema historian:
" Back in the days when most film programmes were presented as double features,
the piece of film advertising a forthcoming attraction was
originally attached by the cinema projectionist
to the end of the reel that contained the B feature or supporting film,
so that it was shown between it and the main feature—
so trailing the supporting film.
These days, as you say, when cinemas usually show just the one feature film, the previews of forthcoming attractions have to be run
before it to ensure a captive audience, so making the name puzzlingly inaccurate.
It’s more of a technological fossil than a linguistic one."
Great answer.
So, professor, why do we drive on the parkway but park on the driveway?
Posted: July 28, 2005 11:50 pm
by Lightning Bolt
bravedave wrote:Lightning Bolt wrote:Crazy Navy Flyer wrote:Just wondering...used to be called a preview but why is it now called a trailer?
From a cinema historian:
" Back in the days when most film programmes were presented as double features,
the piece of film advertising a forthcoming attraction was
originally attached by the cinema projectionist
to the end of the reel that contained the B feature or supporting film,
so that it was shown between it and the main feature—
so trailing the supporting film.
These days, as you say, when cinemas usually show just the one feature film, the previews of forthcoming attractions have to be run
before it to ensure a captive audience, so making the name puzzlingly inaccurate.
It’s more of a technological fossil than a linguistic one."
Great answer.
So, professor, why do we drive on the parkway but park on the driveway?
Because ice cream has no bones
What do I look like? Wiki-f***in'-pedia???
Posted: July 29, 2005 1:33 am
by Dally
Prthd119 wrote:and I'd watch anything with Johnny Depp in it anyway...
You and me both, Connie!
Posted: July 29, 2005 2:09 am
by tikitatas
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It's pronouced "boo-KAY" dear
(FYI, so as not to confuse anyone: this is an allusion to an ENTIRELY different program!)
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LOL
The lovely Hyacinth!
Posted: July 29, 2005 8:45 am
by Crazy Navy Flyer
Lightning Bolt wrote:Crazy Navy Flyer wrote:Just wondering...used to be called a preview but why is it now called a trailer?
From a cinema historian:
" Back in the days when most film programmes were presented as double features,
the piece of film advertising a forthcoming attraction was
originally attached by the cinema projectionist
to the end of the reel that contained the B feature or supporting film,
so that it was shown between it and the main feature—
so trailing the supporting film.
These days, as you say, when cinemas usually show just the one feature film, the previews of forthcoming attractions have to be run
before it to ensure a captive audience, so making the name puzzlingly inaccurate.
It’s more of a technological fossil than a linguistic one."
Thanks, LB, guess I'm just getting old, things getting renamed bug me. It's always been a preview to me, seeing clips of a movie advertising the movie before I see it. Never heard it called a trailer until recently.
Posted: July 29, 2005 9:11 am
by bravedave
Posted: July 29, 2005 9:19 am
by SMLCHNG